Smoking-pipe.



No. 804,608. PATENTED NOV. 14, 1905. J. KRAUS.

SMOKING PIPE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 17. 1905.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 14, 1905.

Application filed May 1'7, 1905. Serial No. 260,812.

T at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN KRAUs, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Steubenville, in the county of Jefferson and Stateof Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSmoking-Pipes, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing bad therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements insmoking-pipes; and the invention has for its object the provision ofnovel means whereby the nicotin moisture, and the like disagreeable andinjurious ingredients of the tobacco used in a pipe can be arrested andprevented from entering the stem of the pipe.

A further object of this invention is to provide a pipe the bowl ofWhich is constructed whereby a better draft is provided when smoking thesame.

My improvement resides in an attachment that can be readily used inconnection with the bowls of different types of pipes, the main objectofthe attachment being to provide a draft in the bottom of the bowlwhich will greatly facilitate the burning of the tobacco and cause thesmall particles or ingredients of the tobacco to become ignited and burnevenly until the same is exhausted. By providing a draft in the bottomof the pipe I have devised means for conveying the oil of the tobacco toa suitable receptacle used in connection with my improved attachment.The draft of my improved attachment prevents a heel from forming in thebowl of the pipe, and outside of the semifluid and very small particlesof tobacco the attachment is adapted to prevent the remainder of thetobacco from entering the stem of the pipe and the mouth of the smoker.

The invention finally consists in the novel construction, combination,and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully describedand then specifically pointed out in the claims, and, referring to thedrawings accompanying this application, like numerals of referencedesignate corresponding parts Fig. 3 is a top plan view of thereceptacle of my improved pipe. Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional viewtaken on the line 3/ z of Fig. l, andFig. 5 is a detail perspective viewof a portion of my improved attachment.

In constructing my attachment I have designed the same whereby it willbe applicable to pipes commonly used, and by referring to Fig. l. of thedrawings it will be observed that I have illustrated a bowl 1 of a pipe,having a suitable stem 2. These parts are of a conventional form, andthe only change in construetion of the pipe which I make resides inproviding the bottom of the bowl with an opening 3. In the bowl 1 of thepipe I mount a cup i, preferably constructed of a light and durablemetal. The top edges of the cup are provided with an annularoutwardly-extending flange 5, adapted to engage the top edge of the bowlof the pipe, or may be countersunk within the top edge, as indicated at6. The bottom of the cup is provided with a depending scrcw-threadedneck 7, adapted to extend downwardly in the opening 3 of the bowl of thepipe. Secured upon the screwthreaded neck 7 is a .receptacle 8, servingfunctionally as a catch-basin. The receptacle in contour resembles aknob or protuberance of the pipe-bowl, and it is adapted to fit snuglyin engagement with the bowl and the opening 3 thereof. The receptacle 8is provided with a neck portion 9, having a central screw-threadedaperture 10 formed thereon, adapted to engage the screw-threaded neck 7of the cup at. The neck portion 9 of the receptacle is also providedwith a plurality of circumferentially arranged apertures 11, adapted toestablish communication between the stem 2 of the pipe and the interiorof the bowl. The cup, as heretofore stated, is preferably made of lightand durable metal, and in forming the cup I preferably make it of asmaller size than the interior of the bowl, whereby an annularcompartment 12 will be formed between the sides of the cup and the sidesof the bowl. This is also true regard ing the depth of the cup, the samebeing formed whereby a small space will exist between the bottom of thecup and the bowl of the pipe. In the formation of the cup I provide thesides thereof with radially-disposed welts or ribs 14, the formation ofthese welts or ribs providing grooves 15 in the cup 4. The radialdisposition of the grooves causes the lower ends of the grooves toterminate in the common spout, which in this instance has been calledthe screw-tln'eaded neck portion 7 of the cup 4:. The ribs or welts 14are adapted to engage the sides of the bowl and brace the cup t therein,and the grooves 15 formed by said welts or ribs are adapted to conveythe oil and moisture of the tobacco to the receptacle 8.

hen the pipe is being used, the suction upon the stem creates a draftdownwardly in the cup a into the receptacle 8 and upwardly through theopenings 11 into the compartment 12 and from there to the stem. Thedraft created causes all the dust, small particles, oil, and moisture ofthe tobacco to descend into the receptacle 8, and the draft is notsufficient to remove these ingredients from the receptacle. Consequentlythe clearsmoke from the tobacco is only drawn through the stem 2. Afterthe pipe has been used a number of times the receptacle 8 can be easilyand quickly removed and cleansed of its contents, whereby the smokepassing through the receptacle will not be affected or tainted by thecontents of the receptacle.

It will be observed in connection with my improved pipe that thematerial from which the bowl of the pipe is constructed is protected bythe cup 4, and that the draft in the pipe causes all the particles oftobacco to burn evenly, preventing a heel or hard crust from formingwithin the pipe.

Nhile I have herein described the preferred manner of constructing myimproved pipe, it is obvious that various changes may be made in thedetails of construction without departing from the general spirit andscope of the invention.

IVhatI claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a pipe, the combination with a bowl having an opening formed inits bottom, of a cup adapted to fit within said bowl, said cup having adepending screw-threaded neck, a plurality of welts formed upon said cupand providing grooves within said cup, a receptacle having a neckportion adapted to fit within the opening of said bowl, said neckportion having a plurality of apertures formed therein, one of saidapertures being adapted to receive the depending neck of said cup,substantially as described.

2. A smoking-pipe comprising a bowl and a stem, the bottom of said bowlhaving an opening formed therein, a cup mounted in said bowl, said cuphaving a depending neck protruding within said opening, a receptaclesecured upon said neck, said cup having a plurality of welts formedtherein forming grooves upon the interior of said cup, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a pipe the combination with a bowl, having an opening formed inits bottom, of a cup adapted to fit within said bowl, said cup having adepending neck, a receptacle having a neck portion adapted to fit withinthe opening of said bowl, said neck portion having a plurality ofapertures formed therein, one of said apertures being adapted to receivethe depending neck of said cup, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN KRAUS. Witnesses:

IV. A. CABLE, CHARLEY MOCAFFREY.

